^9 (A)Therefore ^(B)God has ^(C)highly exalted him and bestowed on him ^(D)the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus ^(E)every knee should bow, ^(F)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and ^(G)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is ^(H)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹³ He ^(A)has delivered us from ^(B)the domain of darkness and transferred us to ^(C)the kingdom of ^(D)his beloved Son, ^14 (E)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

^15 (F)He is the image of ^(G)the invisible God, ^(H)the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶ For by^[a] him all things were created, ^(I)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(J)thrones or ^(K)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^(L)through him and for him. ¹⁷ And ^(M)he is before all things, and in him all things ^(N)hold together. ¹⁸ And ^(O)he is the head of the body, the church. He is ^(P)the beginning, ^(Q)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹ For ^(R)in him all the ^(S)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and ^(T)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, ^(U)making peace ^(V)by the blood of his cross.

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and ^(A)sin which clings so closely, and ^(B)let us run ^(C)with endurance the race that is ^(D)set before us, ² looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^(E)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^(F)the shame, and ^(G)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.